A New Faucet

As promised to my tenant yesterday, I headed back to one of the rental properties to replace the kitchen faucet.  I bought a brand-new Moen faucet to replace the no-name old one, something I was sure the tenant would love.

And I got to work.  I bought brand-new water lines, too, and I was thrilled to find that the lines came off easily.  I installed the faucet in short order, but I quickly learned that the new lines were too short!  AGH!!!

This 45-minute project was going to take 2 hours now!  Oh, well, such is life.  (The sales rep at Menard's said my 12-inch water line choice was odd, but I assured him that's what I pulled out.  And it was true!  But the old faucet had long copper lines that hung down whereas the new did not.  Lesson learned:  ALWAYS BUY TWO SIZES!  You can return the other!).

Once back at the house, the lines went on quick.  And the tenant had a new faucet!

Out with the old...

In with the new!

Of course, after assembled, I showed her that it worked, and it was then that she told me that the old faucet's spray handle didn't work!  WHAT?!  Poor girl!  This woman had been using a pretty awful faucet for the last few years!  I'm sorry!

But needless to say, she was ecstatic with the new one.  She is a neat freak, and she loves how clean it is!

After the faucet, I headed into the backyard to appease a cranky neighbor.  Yesterday while changing out the microwave, a neighbor walked in the house and said that a tree was hanging over her fence dropping sticks into her yard.  Ok, darling, ok.

The "problem" tree.

I checked it out, and it really wasn't that bad, but sometimes just the effort goes a long way.

So I used a chainsaw to cut down several branches.  The neighbor came out and thanked me and said she approved.  And then she let me know about her three massive gumball trees!  I just had to laugh to myself.  She has three of the dirtiest trees known to man, and here she is complaining about a few sticks in her yard from a neighbor's tree.

But (for now) she is happy.

I told the tenant that I would get a quote to cut down the tree, though, as I realized it's a messy mulberry tree.  It's incredibly "branchy" and is already taking out the fence between this house and another neighbor's house.  It quite literally just needs to go.

What a messy tree!  Nice canopy cover, though.

The pesky and overgrown mulberry.

It needs to go.

If I can get it done for $300, I'll have to gone!

After that, I headed home and "raked" my leaves!  I had soooooooo many from my two oak trees, but I happily and quickly used my electric leaf blower.  One of the best purchases ever!  I had them out of the yard in no time!

Front yard cleaned up in 15 minutes!  I love that blower!

I'm trying to keep the house look as nice as possible for the new owner!